Slicing device



May 25 1926.

- 1,585,711 A. A. HAULMAN SLICING DEVICE Filed Dec. 11. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 W245 Q. gfdMfM naw Yea Patented May 25, 192%.

'UNETEQ STATES ALFRED A. HAULMAH, 0F L BANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SLIOING DEVICE.

Application filed. December 11, 1924. Serial No. 755,232.

My invention relates to improvements in devices which are used for supporting vegetables, fruits, bread, etc., and for guiding a knife for the purpose of slicing the article supported.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the class set forth, yet one which will be very desirable and efficient.

A further object is to provide a unique construction for mounting the knife guiding means so that it may be swung either to vertical or horizontal position, and may be positively checked and held in its vertical operative position.

A still further object is to provide nove mounting and adjusting means for a stop member which limits the projection of the article being sliced, after each slice is cut therefrom.

Yet another object is the provision of an upward extension for the above-named stop member, detachably connected with the latter and designed for use when slicing comparatively large articles which will not rest flat upon the article-supporting platform.

A still further aim is to provide a unique.

structure for holding the knife engaged with its guiding means.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying d1."awings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a slicing device constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the knife guiding means swung to vertical, operative position.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the knife guiding means folded downwardly to horizontal position.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view on line 3-8 of Fig. 1. I

Figure 1 is a central'vertical longitudinal section.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view with the supporting legs in section.

Figure 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view as indicated by line 66 of Fig. 1.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the knife.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a horizontal platform to support any article to be sliced, said platform, as well as all other parts of the device, being preferably formed of aluminum, with the possible exception of screws, guide rods and similar parts which should preferably be formed of harder material. The platform is provided with upstanding parallel side walls 2, which walls may well be provided along their lower portions with outstanding reinforcing ribs 3 having upwardly oft'set front ends 1 and similarly olfset rear ends 5. Rear legs 6 are provided for the platform, said legs having vertical flanges 7 at right angles to each other, secured to the platform by screws or the like 8, certain of the flanges engaging the outer sides of the walls 2, and being also in engagement with the offset ends 5 of the ribs 3. The legs 6 are also preferably provided with integral horizontal flanges 9 which are joined to the flanges 7 and bear against the lower side of the platform.

The front end portion of the platform 1 is preferably thickened on its lower side as indicated at 8, and I prefer to provide the front edge of said platform with a rib 1 extending throughout the length of its upper portion, said edge being also provided with a downwardly projecting central lug 10. A pair of relatively short front legs 11 have been shown, said legs being provided with rearwardly projecting integral arms 12 which engage the outer sides of the walls 2 and also engage the offset ends 1 of the ribs-3. The legs 11 are also provided with inwardly projecting integral arms or webs 13 which contact with the front edge of th'eplatform and engage the lower side of the rib 1 the inner ends of. said arms 13 being in abutting relation with each other as shown v most clearly in Fig. 5. Integral with the inner sides of the arms 12 and 13, I have shown horlzontal flanges 1 lwhlch rest agalnst the lower side of the thickened portion 8 and may. be secured thereto by screws or the like 15. The flanges 14 ofthe arms 13, preferably abut opposite sides of the lug 10, as shown in Fig. 5.

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the lower ends of the standards 18, and I have illustrated hooks 23 pivoted. to the arms 12 of the legs 11 and normally engaging said studs. to hold the standards in upright position ror use. Then these hooks are released however, the standards may be swung to the horizontal position disclosed in Fig. 2, so that they will occupy less space, when their use is not required.

The knife 2d shown in Fig. 7, is adapted for reception and operation in the slots 19, nt said knife from being pulled out of thes slots, it may well be provided with suitable stop means 25. To prevent accidental upward movement of the knife from the slots 19, E provide pair of horizontal arms 26 pivoted to the standards at 27 and norr'iallv extending across the upper ends of these slots, as shown in Fig. 1. In the construction illustrated, the pivoted ends of the arms 23 are provided with downward extensions 28 which are secured to the ends of the transverse horizontal rod 29, so that the two arms are connected. for movement in unison. When this rod 29 is pulled upardly, the arms 26 are swung downwardly and they then are free of the slots 18, so that the knife 24 may either be inserted or removed, as occasion may demand.

At 30, a stop member is provided to limit the forward movement of any article-on the platform 1 to be sliced. This stop member is carried by a pair of longitudinal horizontal rods 31 which extend under the platform 1, the front ends of said rods passing slidably through openings 32 in the webs or arms 13, while the rear ends of said rods similarly pass through openings in lugs 33 projecting downwardly from the platform. By having the webs 13 assist in guiding the rods 31, a simplification in construction is of course produced.

The two rods are connected by a cross bar 34, and a longitudinal screw 35 is threaded through the center of said bar, said screw being guided by front and rear lugs 3') and which project downwardly from the platform 1. The rear end. of the screw 35 is provided with a hand wheel or the like 38 by means of which it may be rotated, and to hold said screw against longitudinal shifting, so that its rotation will effect adjustment of the parts 34%, 31 and 30, the hub of the wheel 38 preferably abuts one side of the lug 3'7 while a collar 39 is secured on the screw 35, to abut the other side of said lug.

Preferably, the stop member is provided with a pair of upwardly opening sockets 40 which are instrumental in attaching an upward extension 4:1 to said stop member. This extension preferably comprises an upper stop member 42, and a pair of rods 43 projecting downwardly there from, the lower ends of these rods being removably receivable in the sockets 40, so

that the extension 41 may be attached or do tached, as occasion may require.

By providing the unique UOnStlHL'tlUH shown and described, a devic is produced which is not only rather simple and inexpensive, but is highly odicient and desirable, and may be conveniently used for slicing all kinds of fruits, vegetables, bread, etc. Obviously, simply by turning the hand wheel 38, the stop member 30 (or the two stop members 30 and 4-1) may be forwardly or rearwardly adjusted as desired, so as to vary the thickness of the slices to be out.

Ea ellent results may be obtained from the details disclosed, and they may therefore be followed if desired. However, within the scope of the invention as claimed, modifications may of course be made.

I claim:

1. A slicing device comprising a platform having side walls, front and rear legs supporting said platform, the front legs having their upper end surfaces exposed, a pair of longitudinally slotted knife guiding stand-- ards pivotally connected to said side walls for movement to vertical or horizontal positions, the axes of the standard pivots spaced. rearwardly from the standards, the lower ends of said standards abutting said upper end surfaces of the front legs to limit the movement of the standards when the latter are swung to vertical position, and releasable means for holding said standards in vertical position.

2. A slicing device comprising a platform having front and rear supporting legs, webs extending inwardly from the front legs, and lugs extending downwardly in rearwardly spaced relation with said webs, the lugs and webs being formed with horizontally alined openings, rods slidable in said openings, a stop member carried by the front ends of said rods and projecting to a level above the platform, a cross bar connecting said rods under the platform, an adjusting screw extending longitudinally under the platform between the rear legs and operatively connected with said cross bar, and mounting means for said screw.

3. A slicing device comprising a platform having a pair of spaced upstanding standards provided with vertical knife guiding slots which open through their upper ends, a pair of arms pivoted to the upper ends of said standards on horizontal axes and adapted to no *mally extend across said. slots to prevent upward movement of the knife therefrom, said arms having downward projections at their pivoted ends, and a horizontal rod extending between said projections and secured thereto to connect the two arms for movement in unison, said arms being clear of said slots when swung downwardly to vertical position.

4:. A slicing device comprising a platform,

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front and rear legs supporting said. platform, upstanding side walls on the platform terminating at a point to expose the upper surfaces of the front legs, a pair of longitudinally slotted knife guiding standards pivotally connected to said side walls and vertically alinable with said front legs when in operative position the axes of the standard pivots being spaced rearwardly from the standards, said standards being movable to a horizontal position and resting upon the upper edges of said side walls when in such position, and releasable means for holding said standards in vertical position.

5. A slicing device comprising a platform, front and rear supporting legs on the platform, upstanding side walls on the platform terminating at a point to expose the upper ends of said front legs, a pair of loi'igitudinally slotted knife-guiding standards vertically alinable with the front legs and adapted to rest on the exposed upper ends of the legs when in such vertical alinement, rearwardly extending cheek portions on the lower ends of the standards contacting with the front end portions of the outer sides of the upstanding walls and pivoted thereto, the portions of the standards above the cheeks being offset toward each other whereby with horizontal positioning of the standards, they will rest upon the upper edges of said side walls, and releasable means for holding the standards in vertical positions. g

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afliXed my signature.

ALFRED A. HAULMAN. 

